[3][4] Creighton also served as Editor-in-Chief of the science and technology news site Interesting Engineering [5] and Executive Editor at the Web3 media publication NFTnow.

[8] She earned a master of arts degree from SUNY Brockport in 2011, where her thesis focused on digital media, viral storytelling, and the culture industry.

[13] Creighton left academia and fully transitioned to journalism later in 2015, when she helped launch Futurism and joined the team as the Founding Editor-in-Chief.

[14] In November of 2017, at the height of the Me Too Movement, Futurism was pulled into controversy when it came to light that the publication had a promotional partnership with George Takei, who had recently faced sexual misconduct allegations.

“We are no longer pursuing a relationship with him or his distribution channels.” [15][16] In April of 2017, Creighton helped launch The Gravity Blanket with Futurism and raised more than $4.7 million dollars in crowdfunding.